Misuse of Drugs Amendment Regulations 2006

Note

These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Health.

Preamble

At Wellington this 26th day of June 2006

Pursuant to section 37 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975, Her Excellency the Administrator of the Government, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.

(b)continues, unless sooner revoked, to have effect until the expiry of the period for which it has been granted.

Rebecca Kitteridge,

for Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.

These regulations, which come into force on 1 August 2006, amend the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1977 so as to provide that a licence may not be issued under those regulations in relation to industrial hemp except in relation to the import and export of industrial hemp. A transitional provision provides for the continuing in effect of a licence issued before the commencement of these regulations.